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$22,525.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds Received in 1946 and included above
C. O. Baker Fund $ 100.00
Emma D. Wellington Fund
600.00
Edrick C. Shay Fund 150.00
Ada L. Perry Fund
2,000.00
150.00
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William H. Sayward Fund
100.00
Nellie Hammond Fund
150.00
R. B. Johnson Fund 100.00
A. O. Hubbard Fund
150.00
Florence B. Tyrell Fund
100.00
Gabriel and Regina Yeager Fund
150.00
John B. and Louisa Yeager Fund Frank E. Yeager Fund
200.00
$2,100.00
LIBRARY FUNDS
J. M. Parmenter Fund
2 Pennsylvania Ry. 41/2s of 6/1/65
$2,000.00
U. S. Treasury Bond 21/2s 1964/69 1,000.00
2 U. S. Series G 21/2s 6/1/53
2,000.00
1 U. S. Series G 21/2s 11/1/56
1,000.00
1 U. S. Series G 21/2s 5/1/57
1,000.00
10 Paid Up Shares South Middlesex Cooperative Bank
2,000.00
5 Matured Shares South Middlesex Cooperative Bank 1,000.00
Grace Campbell Draper Fund
1 U. S. Series G 21/2s 11/1/56
1,000.00
Ada H. Wellington Fund U. S. Series G 21/2s 11/58 U. S. Series G 21/2s 6/58
300.00
200.00
Cynthia G. Roby Fund
2 Northern Pacific 5s of 7/1/2047
2,000.00
1 U. S. Series G 21/2s 5/1/57 Provident Institution for Savings
200.00
Harriet Coburn Damon Fund
1 U. S. Series G 21/2s 6/1/56
1,000.00
2 U. S. Treasury 21/2s 1967/72
2,000.00
James Draper Fund $500.00
Ella E. Draper Fund $500.00
1 N. Y. Central Ry. 41/2s of 10/1/2013
1,000.00
Sarah Webster Heard Fund
1 U. S. Series G 21/2s 11/1/56
1,000.00
2 U. S. Treasury 212s 1967/72 Provident Institution for Savings
2,000.00
100.00
James Sumner Draper Fund
1 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR. 4s 3/1/1958 1,000.00
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1,000.00
150.00
1 U. S. Series G 212 11/1/55 1,000.00
1 U. S. Series G 212s 12/1/57
500.00
1 U. S. Series G 21/2s 1/1/58 200.00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank Natick Five Cents Savings Bank
1,000.00
1,300.00
Lydia Maria Child Fund
Provident Institution for Savings
100.00
Isaac C. Damon Fund U. S. Series G 21/2s 11/1/56
1,000.00
Francis Shaw Fund
1 Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. 5s 9/1/47 1,000.00
3 U. S. Treasury 212s 1967/72 3,000.00
1 U. S. Series G 21/2s 6/1/56 1,000.00
$32,900.00
Trust Funds-Reinvestments CHARITY FUNDS
Russell Fund :
From Provident Institution for Savings $2,000.00
From Investment Reserve Fund 30.00
To $2,000 Southern Pacific 1st Mtg. 27/8 of 1/1/86 @ 1011/2 $2,030.00
CEMETERY FUNDS
Parmenter Fund $1,000 U. S. Treasury 3s of 6/15/48/46 Called $1,000.00 To U. S. Series G 21/2s 6/58 $1,000.00
Cemetery Funds
From Provident Institution for Savings $2,000.00
From Investment Reserve Fund 30.00
To $2,000 Southern Pacific 1st. Mtg. 27/gs 1/1/86 @ 1011/2 $2,030.00
300 U. S. Treasury 23/4 of 9/47 called $300.00
To U. S. Series G 21/2 6/58 $300.00
2000 Jersey Central Pr. & Lt. 312s 1965 Called 7/46 @ 1041/2 $2,000.00
To 10 Paid up Shares Marlborough Cooperative Bank $2,000.00
1600 U. S. Treas. 27/8 1960/55 Sold @ 111 25/32 $1,600.00
To U. S. Series G 21/2s 11/58 $1,600.00
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LIBRARY FUNDS
J. M. Parmenter Fund :
3000 Jersey Central Pr. & Lt. 312s 1965 Called 7/46 @ 1041/2 $3,000.00
To 10 Paid up Shares South Middlesex Cooperative Bank $2,000.00
5 Matured Shares South Middlesex Cooperative Bank $1,000.00
Wellington Fund :
200 U. S. Treasury 23/4 9/15/47 Called $200.00
To U. S. Series G 212s 6/58 $200.00
300 U. S. Treasury 27/gs 1960/55 Sold @ 111 25/32
$300.00
To U. S. Series G 21/2s 11/58 $300.00
All Trust Funds are under control of the Trust Funds' Commissioners, with the exception of the Sarah Webster Heard, Lydia Maria Child and James Sumner Draper Library Funds ; these three, by terms of bequests, being under the control of the Library Trustees.
Funds Income
1946
Charity Funds Income
$ 246.88
Income
251.82
Distributed
$ 246.88
Accrued Interest Charge
8.79
To Reserve for Investments
12.15
Dec. 31 Balance
230.88
$498.70
$498.70
Library Funds Income
Jan. 1 Balance
$ 45.09
Income
1,050.06
Payments
$ 886.78
Accrued Interest Charge
9.23
To Reserve for Investment
52.50
Dec. 31 Balance
146.64
$1,095.15
$1,095.15
Cemetery Funds Income Jan. 1 Balance Income
$1,154.22
593.40
Jan. 1 Balance
133
1946
Payments To Reserve for Investment
$ 719.78
29.17
Dec. 31 Balance
998.67
$1,747.62
$1,747.62
Parmenter Cemetery Funds Income
Jan. 1 Balance
$ 386.88
Income
137.50
Payments
$ 283.75
To Reserve for Investment
6.87
Dec. 31 Balance
233.76
$524.38
$524.38
RESERVE FUND FOR INVESTMENTS
Jan. 1 Balance
$2,246.33
Interest Credited
44.59
5% of yearly income from
Charity Funds
12.15
Library Funds
52.50
Cemetery Funds
29.17
Parmenter Cemetery Funds
6.87
Premiums Credited
Parmenter Library Fund
135.00
Cemetery Funds
278.50
Wellington Library Fund
35.34
Transfers to
Cemetery Funds
$ 30.00
Charity Funds, Russell
30.00
Dec. 31 Balance
2,780.45
$2,840.45
$2,840.45
Tax Titles TAKEN IN 1941 FOR 1939 TAXES
1946
Jan. 1
Balance
$ 47.57
Paid in 1946
$ 47.57
$47.57
$47.57
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TAKEN IN 1942 FOR 1940 TAXES
Jan. 1 Balance
$ 93.25 14.85
1946 Taxes Added Paid in 1946 Foreclosure Sale
$ 80.69
27.41
$108.10
$108.10
TAKEN IN 1943 FOR 1941 TAXES
Jan. 1
Balance
1946 Taxes Added
Paid in 1946
$ 63.44
Charged back to Collector 81.86
Charged to Excess and
Deficiency Acct. Fore-
closure Sale. Four Prop- erties ; bidder failed to pay
178.39
Dec. 31 Balance 285.10
$608.79
$608.79
TAKEN IN 1944 FOR 1942 TAXES
Jan. 1 Balance
1946 Taxes Added
Partial Payments 1946
$ 109.92
Paid in 1946
127.73
Dec. 31
Balance
153.98
$391.63
$391.63
TAKEN IN 1945 FOR 1943 TAXES
Jan. 1 Balance
$ 163.44
1946 Taxes Added
47.85
Dec. 31 Balance
$ 211.29
$211.29
$211.29
TAKEN IN 1946 FOR 1944 TAXES
1944 Taxes
$ 50.75
1945 Taxes
53.73
1946 Taxes
57.75
Interest to Date of Taking
5.84
Costs-8 Tax Titles
46.05
Recording
8.00
$ 491.64 117.15
$ 358.63 33.00
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Dec. 31 Balance
$ 222.12
$222.12
$222.12
Number of Tax Titles and Amount Outstanding 12/31 /46
No.
Taxes
Valuation
1943
1
$ 285.10
$2,500.00
1944
5
153.98
1,000.00
1945
5
211.29
1,450.00
1946
8
222.12
1,750.00
19
$872.49
$6,700.00
The Town now holds through foreclosure of Tax Titles, 29 pieces of property ; the assessed value being $6,300.00.
FRANK G. MacKENNA,
Town Treasurer.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
Conditions relating to the investment situation continued during the past year about the same as in recent years. The higher coupon bonds continue to be called from time to time, including even the Government bonds yielding more than 21/2%. Reinvestment, other than in Government bonds has become increasingly difficult. The Comissioners have authorized the Treasurer to invest certain funds in cooperative bank shares during the past year for the purpose of endeavoring to increase a little the availability of the funds, if not the amount of inter- est. Some funds have been withdrawn from the savings banks and reinvested. All investments made, and changes in invest- ments, as well as the list of the present investments of the funds, will be found in the Treasurer's Report, and it seems unnecessary to duplicate in this report.
There have been no new funds, except the usual regular increase in the Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund by gifts from time to time for that purpose.
JOHN W. LEAVITT, Chairman, J. REED MORSS, J. SIDNEY STONE, Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE TAX COLLECTOR
Outstanding
TAXES OF 1942
Real Estate
Tax Titles disclaimed Abated $20.09
$20.09
$20.09
TAXES OF 1943
Real Estate
Tax Title disclaimed Abated $19.25
$19.25
$19.25
Personal
1/1/46
Balance
$92.82
Collections
$39.19
Abated
53.63
$92.82
TAXES OF 1944
Personal
1/1/46
Balance
$301.15
Collections
$254.75
Abated
46.40
$301.15
Real Estate
1/1/46
Balance
$2,074.112
Tax Title disclaimed
20.30
$2,094.42
Collections
$1,933.47
Abated
110.20
Tax Title credit
50.75
$2,094.42
Poll
1/1/46
Balance
$6.00
Refund
2.00
$8.00
Collections
$4.00
Abated
4.00
$8.00
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Street Betterment Lakeview Road
1/1/46 Balance Collections
$8.89
$8.89
Excise
1/1/46
Balance
$52.49
Collections
$39.14
Abated
13.35
$52.49
TAXES OF 1945
Personal
1/1/46
Balance
$783.04
Collections
$657.94
Abatement
30.70
$688.64
$94.40
Real Estate
1/1/46
Balance
$19,379.57
Refund
6.91
Tax Title disclaimed
21.49
$19,407.97
Collections
$15,453.69
Abatement
59.10
Tax Title credit
53.73
15,566.52
$3,841.45
Moth
1/1/46
Balance
$18.00
Collections
6.00
Poll
1/1/46
Balance
$74.00
Collections
$40.00
Abatement 24.00
64.00
$10.00
Street Betterment Lakeview Road
1/1/46
Balance
$30.46
Collections
$30.46
$30.46
Outstanding
$8.89
$12.00
139
Outstanding
Street Betterment Pine Ridge 1/1/46 Balance Collections $84.41
$84.41
Street Betterment Lake Road 1/1/46 Balance
$17.60
Collections
$17.60
$17.60
Excise
1/1/46
Balance
$294.94
1/14/47 Commitment
8.00
1/22/47
22.00
$324.94
Collections
240.02
$84.92
TAXES OF 1946
Personal
5/21/46 Commitment
$17,019.09
12/16/46
9.90
$17,028.99
Collections
$16,319.98
Abatement 84.15
16,404.13
$624.86
Real Estate
5/21/46
Commitment
$176,780.34
8/26/46 66
33.00
12/16/46
66
59.40
Refunds
24.60
$176,780.34
Collections $157.290.94
Abatement 1,093.16
Tax Title credit
270.60
$158,654.70
$18,242.64
Moth 5/21/46 Commitment Collections
$482.00
$446.00
..
$84.41
140
Outstanding
Abatement
3.00
449.00
$33.00
Poll
2/18/46
Commitment
$2,200.00
3/29/46
66
286.00
5/13/46
2.00
12/10/46
66
2.00
12/17/46
2.00
Refunds
18.00
Abatements recalled
4.00
$2,514.00
Collections
$1,690.00
Abatement 732.00
2,422.00
$92.00
Street Betterment Lakeview
5/21/46
Commitment
$100.19
7/15/46
49.00
7/22/46
66
63.70
10/21/46
7.00
Refund
21.00
$240.89
Collections $240.89
$240.89
Street Betterment Pine Ridge 5/21/46 Commitment
$127.65
Collections $58.83
58.83
$68.82
Street Betterment Nob Hill
$83.24
5/21/46 Commitment Collections $83.24
$83.24
Street Betterment Lake Road
5/21/46
Commitment
$84.80
Collections $72.80
72.80
$12.00
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Outstanding
Excise
2/12/46
Commitment
$ 798.75
3/29/46
718.89
7/1/46
2,426.44
7/29/46
394.76
9/23/46
744.83
10/11/46
243.34
11/12/46
242.24
12/19/46
66
92.64
Refunds
34.14
$5,696.03
Collections
$5,125.74
Abatement
122.59
5,248.33
$447.70
Estates of Deceased Persons
1/1/46
Balance
$186.26
1/1/46
..
319.26
4/5/46
Commitment
80.57
$586.09
Collections
$104.72
Abatement
481.37
$586.09
12/31/46 Total Taxes outstanding
$23,563.79
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
Due to a serious illness, Mr. Brackett submitted his resig- nation effective December 31, 1946. This Board deeply regrets the loss of the services of Mr. Brackett, who has served it, and the townspeople of Wayland, so efficiently for over forty-four years.
Daniel Brackett was born in Limerick, Maine on Novem- ber 25, 1851 and was first elected as Assessor of this Town in 1888, and served for three years. He was next elected Asses- sor in 1903 and served until 1915. He was next elected Asses- sor in 1918 and served continuously until he resigned in 1946, leaving two years of an unexpired term.
In addition to being Assessor, Mr. Brackett served as Town Clerk for fourteen years (1900 to 1914). He also was Town Auditor, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Registrar of Voters, and served in minor offices during his years of public service.
The vast knowledge of assessing, and of town affairs, which Mr. Brackett has accumulated during his terms of office has made him outstanding. We miss his advice and judgment that we could always depend upon, and which he gave so will- ingly. Wayland may well be proud to say that it has had an Assessor who has served for forty-four years, and at his 95th birthday still took an active part in his work.
We disliked very much to accept Mr. Brackett's resignation but he deserves to be free from the problems of town affairs after serving so faithfully for so many years.
Although the joint report, made by the Assessors and the Planning Board, on the Assessors' Maps appears elsewhere in this Town Report, we wish to express our appreciation of the fine work Mr. Everett M. Brooks and his staff have done in the preparation of these plans. The maps have been, and will be for years to come, an immense value to this office. We wish, also, to thank the Planning Board for the assistance they have given to this worthwhile project.
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Statistics for the year ending December 31, 1946
Real Estate Assessed January 1, 1945
Personal Property Assessed January 1, 1945
Real Estate Owned by Commonwealth
$5,283,695.00 509,705.00 45,588.50
$5,838,988.50
Real Estate Assessed January 1, 1946
Land Exclusive of Buildings
$1,636,955.00
Buildings Exclusive of Land
3,720,025.00 45,588.50
State Owned Land
$5,402,568.50
Personal Estate Assessed January 1, 1946
Stock in Trade
$ 26,950.00
Machinery
292,888.00
Live Stock 66,930.00
All Other Tangible Personal Property 128,962.00
515.730.00
Total Property Assessed January 1, 1946
$5,918.298.50
Total Property Assessed January 1, 1945 $5,838,988.50
Increase
$ 79,310.00
Number of Polls Assessed
1,241
Number of Live Stock Assessed :
Horses
48
Number of Neat Cattle :
Cows
394
Young Stock
104
Bulls
7
Swine
530
Fowl
9,080
All Other :
Mules
2
Turkeys
25
Mink
150
Ponies
5
Colts
1
Goats
21
204
Number of Acres of Land Assessed 8,185
Number of Dwellings Assessed 1,319
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December Assessment :
Real Estate
Real Estate-revised Personal Estate Additional Polls
$1,800.00 1,000.00 300.00
2.00
Motor Vehicles :
Number
Value
Tax
1946
1,540
$228,170.00
$5,865.47
1945
1,282
124,900.00
4,213.76
Increase 258
$103,270.00
$1,651.71
Exempt from Taxes :
United States Government
Post Office-Equipment $ 400.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Weston & Pressure Aqueducts
15,000.00
Widows
16,600.00
Veterans
8,325.00
$40,325.00
Town-Personal and Real :
Schools
$194,500.00
Parks
30,415.00
Fire Department
21,300.00
Police Department
300.00
Water Department
365,000.00
Sealer of Weights & Measures
500.00
Moth Department
2,000.00
Town Hall and Equipment
43,500.00
Highway Department
39,955.00
Library and Books
57,000.00
Cemeteries
3,500.00
Cochituate Civic Center
Building-Land
2,500.00
760,470.00
Churches and Parsonages
Church Property
$145,300.00
Parsonages
11,025.00
156,325.00
Fraternal Societies
Pequod Lodge, I.O.O.F .- Equipment 200.00
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Corporations
Hannah Williams Playground, Inc. $ 2,200.00
Wayland and Cochituate Legion Building Association, Inc. 15,500.00
Wayland Junior Town House, Inc. 3,900.00
Dorchester House, Inc .- Land 600.00
The Grey Nuns Charities, Inc. 20,000.00
42,200.00
$999,520.00
Tax Levy of 1946
Appropriation for Town Purposes
$316,154.75 7,010.42
Overlay for 1946
$323,165.17
State Tax
$4,550.00
State Park Tax
179.04
State Audit
1,218.18
$5,947.22
County Tax
$8,960.02
Tuberculosis
1,399.81
Under-estimate-1945
21.75
10,381.58
16,328.80
To be Raised
$339,493.97
Estimated Receipts and Available Funds:
Income Tax
$18,128.11
Corporation Tax
8,282.43
Gasoline Tax
5,944.31
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
4,000.00
Licenses
5,943.00
Fines
30.00
Grants and Gifts
6,000.00
Special Assessments-Moth and Betterments
1,000.00
General Government
367.00
Health
136.00
Old Age Assistance
22,500.00
Old Age Tax ( Meals)
1,336.63
School
1,350.00
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Libraries 195.00
Cemeteries
947.00
Interest on Taxes and Assessments
1,760.00
In Lieu of Taxes 1,504.43
Over-estimate-1945 State Park Tax 44.63
Available Funds 63,740.00
143,208.54
To be Levied on Polls and Property
$196,285.43
Assessed on Polls
$ 2,486.00
Assessed on Personal Property
17,019.09
Assessed on Real Estate
176,780.34
$196,285.43
Betterments :
Tax
Interest
Total
Nob Hill
$ 74.31
$ 8.93
$ 83.24
Lake Road
71.00
13.80
84.80
Pine Ridge Road
100.45
27.20
127.65
Lakeview Road
78.90
21.29
100.19
.
395.88
Moth Tax
482.00
Total Amount Committed to Collector
$197,163.31
Rate on Property :
$33.00
Rate on Motor Vehicles : 35.40
For Abatements see Collector's Report.
Note: It is to be noted that the tax on State owned land is reflected in estimated receipts-"In Lieu of Taxes."
WILLARD C. HUNTING, CHARLES M. MATHEWS, Board of Assessors.
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REPORT ON ASSESSOR'S MAPS By the Board of Assessors and the Planning Board
February 1947.
December 31 saw the completion of the Assessor's maps for which the Town has been appropriating money for several years. All blocks on the map previously incomplete have been finished including the heavily built Cochituate areas.
This required a large amount of work and time because of the great number of individual parcels involved. Mr. Everett Brooks, the engineer, brought the maps for all parts of the town up to date for all transactions recorded at the Registry previous to the close of the year. As soon as they are duplicated, official copies of the map will be made available to the town Boards and officials which use them.
The work has been so well done by Mr. Brooks and his staff that several other towns have either begun or are consider- ing similar maps. We wish to express our appreciation to Mr. Brooks and his workers and to Mrs. Dorothy Harrington, Secretary to the Board of Assessors, upon whom has fallen much of the searching for titles at the Registry and the clerical details.
A moderate appropriation should be made each year to keep the maps up to date. With proper attention, the maps will be a continually valuable tool not only to the town officers but to all the citizens and property holders. ยท
Board of Assessors CHARLES M. MATHEWS, WILLARD C. HUNTING.
Planning Board FRANK S. TARR, ALLAN R. FINLAY, CHESTER H. HOBBS, HOWARD S. RUSSELL, CARL T. EMERY, B. ALLEN BENJAMIN.
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REPORT OF THE WAYLAND PLANNING BOARD FOR 1946
This has been a year of hard work and accomplishment for the Wayland Planning Board: twenty-two evening meetings and three daytime meetings of the full board have been held together with numerous sub-committee sessions.
Town Maps Completed
First in importance was the completion, at the end of December, of the Assessors' maps started five years ago and carried out as a joint responsibility by the Board of Assessors and the Planning Board. This achievement is more fully recorded in the joint report of the boards, but from a planning point of view, nothing accomplished in this Board's twenty year history has been more useful and valuable. The originals of the maps along with the scores of other plans accumulated by the Board through the years are being catalogued and will be stored in a map cabinet placed in the town vault. There they will be safe, yet available whenever needed. Accurate as far as pos- sible to December 31, 1946, these maps should be revised and kept up-to-date as changes in property and roads occur.
Sub-Division Regulation
The end of the war brought requests for approval of sev- eral sub-divisions. Anticipating heavy real estate activity, the Board, with the able assistance of the Town Counsel, made a careful revision of its regulations regarding the submission of plans for real estate development. An important feature of the amended regulations requires the developer, before the transfer of lots can be recorded, to construct streets to grade with a twelve inch gravel top and to install water mains. These regu- lations have already proved of great value in safeguarding the interests of the town, and should, in the future, make impossible the sale of lots on undeveloped paper streets without water to the disappointment of the buyer and to the detriment of the town.
Approved by the Board during the year were; a sub-
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division on the former Linnehan Farm on State Road East re- quested by Charles Wheelock, one off Oak Street near Com- monwealth Road requested by John Simone, and a small division off Training Field Road requested by Gregory Cooper.
In connection with each sub-division approved, the Board prepared a study of the adjoining areas so as to make sure that any roads and water mains approved will tie in with the devel- opment of the whole neighborhood.
One small sub-division requested in Cochituate was disap- proved because it did not comply with zoning regulations.
Aeronautical Development
During the year it developed that a large area of land a mile north of the center had been purchased with the idea of turning it into a flying field and headquarters for an aeronauti- cal club. The Board invited the state director of aeronautics to a meeting for consultation and at others later the purchaser of the property and other citizens were heard. Many aspects of aviation, as related to this town, and of the regulations of the Commonwealth regarding flying were considered. It was decid- ed that if an airport were to be established, public rather than private operation appeared most satisfactory because of heavy contributions available from Federal, State and municipal sources, and for other important reasons. A state survey of Wayland and adjoining towns had already been made. As a result of widespread discussion by townspeople, an article was entered by a group of citizens for the fall town meeting making landing fields illegal in residence districts. After a hearing, on recommendation of the Board, this by-law was adopted by the town and approved by the Attorney-General. When aviation has developed further and the situation is clearer changes can be made to suit altered conditions.
A sub-committee of the Board has been considering the need for other amendments to the zoning by-law to make it clear that lot sizes established in the by-law may not be de- creased through sale of part of a property. Clarifying amend- ments are in the warrant for the annual meeting.
Because of the demand from citizens for copies of the zon- ing by-laws, the Board had them reprinted and copies of these and of the sub-division regulations are available at the Town Hall for any citizen who needs them.
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Planning Contest
To stimulate public interest in and discussion of the future of the town and of planning and zoning matters, a contest for school children was held. Prizes amounting to $100. gathered by private subscription from interested groups and individuals were offered to members of the high school and of the two upper classes in each grade school. This contest closed on December 31 with a large participation. The results will be made known later.
Lake Cochituate
An important problem faced during the year is the future of Lake Cochituate with a mile of shore line in Wayland. Now in the hands of the Metropolitan District Commission, but no longer needed for water supply, several proposals have been made for its future use. The most satisfactory appears to be to turn it over to the State Department of Conservation for recreational purposes. A meeting of all the Planning Boards concerned with the future of this and other Metropolitan waters, including Framingham, Natick, Ashland and Hopkinton, was called at our Town Hall and a joint program was drawn up for presentation to the Legislative Commission studying the sub- ject. A substantial part of our program was later adopted by the commission calling for co-operation between the state and the towns in the development of the area. This bill is now be- fore the General Court. Our Board together with the Board of Selectmen is endeavoring to see that the level of the lakes is maintained and that recreational activities, if undertaken, are properly established and supervised.
Study for Basic Information
The lack of basic information regarding the probable growth and development of the town caused the Board to feel that investigation was needed so that the town might know what to prepare for in the way of business development, off street parking and highway improvements. We were fortunate enough to secure the services of Mr. Arthur T. Row, Jr., a veteran training in the Harvard School of Planning under the G.I. Bill of Rights, by payment of a modest weekly addition to his allotment. His report recently received gives an illuminat- ing blueprint of the future growth of the town, which he ex- pects to reach a population of six thousand between 1960 and 1965, of the probable increase in school population, and of the facilities both business and municipal likely to be needed. We
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wish to compliment Mr. Row on his work and to thank him. This report will be available for use later not only by the Plan- ning Board, but by all Town Boards which may need to fore- cast the future.
Street and Water Developments
In connection with water and street development, the Board has held meetings with representatives of the Dudley Pond Improvement Association and with the Riverview Terrace and Alpine Road property owners, giving what help we could with regard to proposals for accepting streets and laying water mains.
On the Board's agenda for 1947 is the request of the Dud- ley Pond Improvement Association and others in Cochituate for a study of a possible road from Stone Bridge Road to School Street, a project which has had considerable attention from this Board in past years and in which local interest is now increas- ingly manifest.
Riverview Terrace
At Riverview Terrace an additional piece of land has been bought by the town at a modest cost on recommendation of our sub-committee on this project. The Board recommends that the work of improving this area by the acquisition of park land, mostly unsuitable for building, be continued under the appro- priation previously made.
"Heater" Pieces
The last town meeting at the Board's suggestion authorized the acquisition of all rights in three "heater" pieces at road intersections. The Board has requested the Selectmen to take the necessary legal steps so that these bits of land may become public proprty. An article has been placed in the warrant to make certain of the town's ownership of one more at the corner of Plain and Claypit Hill Roads.
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